FW: [Milsurplus] Everyone Should Check

Sat, 5 Oct 2002 07:15:12 -0700

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Hale 
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 7:14 AM
To: 'mikea'
Subject: RE: [Milsurplus] Everyone Should Check

But that would delegate you to the 4% OS minority! IMHO, not worth being an
outcast! A good AV package is the answer! I use Network Associates McAffee
Groupshield on my Exchange Server and Outlook clients! So far in 4 years not
one virus has made it through! And thousands have tried! And it notifies the
sender, the recipient and the Administrator that a virus attempted to get
through! And quarantines the file of course! The latest attacks have been of
the KLEZ variety! I haven't seen any BugBear yet. But I'm sure it's just a
matter of time!

Tom Hale

-----Original Message-----
From: mikea [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 6:34 AM
To: Milsurplus; ARC-5
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Everyone Should Check

On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 09:45:18PM -0400, J. Forster wrote:
> Boy, you are not alone. Don't open ANY atttachments unless you know
exactly who sent it, and
> what it is. I'm not opening even given the above. Period.

Guys, I do computer security in my day job. 

Nowadays, with Klex and Bugbear and the like, you really
need to make sure that the sender _intended_ to send the
attachment before you even consider opening it. And even 
then, it's good to have an AV tool with current signatures
checking all your mail before you read it. 

Or you can do as I do, and run a *nix, *nux, or *BSD system,
and not be vulnerable to the stuff. 

-- 
Mike Andrews
[email protected]
Tired old sysadmin since 1964
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